In 1862 he was assigned to making up the currency packages and fulfilled that duty until his death, in 1894.

No mistake was ever discovered in his work, though he handled every cent of currency issued by the government for thirty-two years--so many millions of dollars that it would take a week to figure them up.
Mr.Barnes' duties were filled temporarily until November 1, when John R.Brown was appointed to the place.
Barnes at the time of his death was receiving only $1,400 a year and Brown draws only $1,200.
Ordinarily the Bureau of Engraving and Printing delivers to the Issue Division about fifty-six packages of paper money of 1,000 sheets each, four notes on a sheet, making, when separated, 224,000 notes.

These notes range in value from $1 to $20, and their aggregate is usually about $1,000,000.

The government, however, issues currency in denominations of $50, $100, $500, $1,000.

The largest are not printed often, because the amount issued is small.
If it could happen that 224,000 notes of $1,000 each were received from the bureau in one day, the aggregate of value in the fifty-six packages would be $224,000,000.